Instrument Soundtrack

Instrument Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to Instrument, a 1999 documentary film about Fugazi directed by Jem Cohen. "I'm So Tired", a piano ballad played and sung by Ian MacKaye, was performed on a piano that "just happened to be" in the recording space where the group was working on Red Medicine (1995). ==Covers==

"I'm So Tired" has been covered by Fog Lake, Gengahr, Jennylee, Lala Lala, Ultimate Painting, and Eddie Vedder. The song was also covered by Kiki and Herb in their 2016 cabaret show Kiki & Herb: Seeking Asylum! at Joe's Pub. ==Reception==

Brent DiCrescenzo of Pitchfork gave the album a positive review, describing it as "sound[ing] remarkably playful" and concluding: "For all those who worry that the Fugazi story may be coming to an end, both Instrument and its soundtrack show a band still growing and, in some ways, just getting started." The New Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "mostly ragged and unformed, but for confirmed Fugaziphiles, it's a solidly interesting peek into the band's creative process." ==Track listing==

Notes • "Pink Frosty Demo", "Arpeggiator Demo", "Floating Boy Demo", "Rend It Demo", "Closed Captioned Demo", and "Guilford Fall Demo" are demo recordings of tracks originally featured on the band's 1998 album End Hits. • "Rend It Demo" is a demo recording of "Rend It", which was originally featured on the band's 1993 album In on the Kill Taker. • "Slo Crostic" is a slowed down version of "Caustic Acrostic", which was originally featured on the band's 1998 album End Hits. ==Personnel==

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Fugazi • Brendan Canty – engineering (1–5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18), drums (1–4, 6–12, 14–16, 18), mixing (2–4, 6, 7, 9–12, 14, 16, 17); guitar, bass (3, 14); melodica (5), vocals (17), graphic concept • Joe Lally – bass (1, 2, 4–6, 8–10, 15, 16, 18), engineering (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18), mixing (2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 16, 17), graphic concept • Ian MacKaye – guitar (1, 2, 5, 6, 8–10, 15–18), engineering (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18), mixing (2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17), keyboards (4), vocals (7, 10, 12, 17), bass (11), piano (12), graphic concept • Guy Picciotto – mixing (1–6, 8–10, 13, 14, 16–18), engineering (1–5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18), guitar (1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13–16, 18), clarinet (2, 7), drum machine bass drum (3), vocals (13, 17); bass, dehumidifier percussion (13); thumb piano (17), graphic concept, insert stills Additional contributors • Don Zientara – engineering (9, 17), mixing (9) • Jem Cohen – cover stills • Jason Farrell – cover help ==References==